great-heartedness
Example Sentences
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Though an Irishman he lacked the great-heartedness of his countrymen.
From Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall by Vosburgh, R. G.
"Thank you, thank you," he replied in his rich, after-dinner voice, that seemed to come with his winning smile to his lips through a vast measure of good-fellowship and great-heartedness.
From The Spiritualists and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
I never meant to pull you into this—I'll not let you be dragged into it by your own great-heartedness.
From The Broken Gate A Novel by Hough, Emerson
Himself again—that is to say, in the goodness and great-heartedness which more than all he has ever done for France merited for him the name of the great Frenchman.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various
Constance rose and held out both hands to the woman whose great-heartedness had changed the current of her whole life.
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline